Stachybotrys

Stachybotrys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Fungi
Division:Ascomycota
Class:Sordariomycetes
Order:Hypocreales
Family:Stachybotryaceae
Genus:Stachybotrys
Corda, 1837
Species

~ 50, see text

Stachybotrys (/ˌstækiˈbɒtrɪs/) is a genus of molds, hyphomycetes or asexually reproducing, filamentous fungi, now placed in the family Stachybotryaceae. Historically, it was considered closely related to the genus Memnoniella,[1][2] because the spores are produced in slimy heads rather than in dry chains. Recently, the synonymy of the two genera is generally accepted.[3] Most Stachybotrys species inhabit materials rich in cellulose. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains about 50 species.[4] The name comes from the Greek words σταχυς stakhus (ear of grain, stalk, stick; metaphorically, progeny) and βότρυς botrus (cluster or bunch as in grapes, trusses).

The most infamous species, S. chartarum (previously known as S. atra) and S. chlorohalonata, are known as "black mold" or toxic black mold in the U.S., and are frequently associated with poor indoor air quality that arises after fungal growth on water-damaged building materials.[5] Stachybotrys chemotypes are toxic, with one producing trichothecene mycotoxins including satratoxins, and another that produces atranones.[6]

Detection

Four distinctive microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs), 1-butanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol, 3-methyl-2-butanol, and thujopsene, were detected on rice cultures, and only one (1-butanol) was detected on gypsum board cultures.[7]

Removal

The CDC recommends using bleach and water to remove the mold.[8]

Pathogenicity

Stachybotrys spores 10 X 40 magnification under bright field microscopy

Symptoms of Stachybotrys exposure in humans

A controversy began in the early 1990s after analysis of two infant deaths and multiple cases in children from the poor areas of Cleveland, Ohio, due to pulmonary hemorrhage were initially linked to exposure to heavy amounts of Stachybotrys chartarum. Subsequent and extensive reanalysis of the cases by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have failed to find any link between the deaths and the mold exposure.[9]

Species

  • Stachybotrys albipes (Berk. & Broome) S.C. Jong & Davis (1976)
  • Stachybotrys alternans Bonord. (1851)
  • Stachybotrys breviuscula McKenzie (1991)
  • Stachybotrys chartarum (Ehrenb.) S. Hughes (1958)
  • Stachybotrys chlorohalonata B. Andersen & Thrane (2003)
  • Stachybotrys cylindrospora C.N. Jensen (1912)
  • Stachybotrys dichroa Grove (1886)
  • Stachybotrys elegans (Pidopl.) W. Gams (1980)
  • Stachybotrys eucylindrospora D.W. Li (2007)
  • Stachybotrys freycinetiae McKenzie (1991)
  • Stachybotrys kampalensis Hansf. (1943)
  • Stachybotrys kapiti Whitton, McKenzie & K.D. Hyde (2001)
  • Stachybotrys longispora Matsush. (1975)
  • Stachybotrys mangiferae P.C. Misra & S.K. Srivast. (1982)
  • Stachybotrys microspora (B.L. Mathur & Sankhla) S.C. Jong & E.E. Davis (1976)
  • Stachybotrys nephrodes McKenzie (1991)
  • Stachybotrys nephrospora Hansf. (1943)
  • Stachybotrys nilagirica Subram. (1957)
  • Stachybotrys oenanthes M.B. Ellis (1971)
  • Stachybotrys parvispora S. Hughes (1952)
  • Stachybotrys ruwenzoriensis Matsush. (1985)
  • Stachybotrys sansevieriae G.P. Agarwal & N.D. Sharma (1974)
  • Stachybotrys sinuatophora Matsush. (1971)
  • Stachybotrys suthepensis Photita, P. Lumyong, K.D. Hyde & McKenzie (2003)
  • Stachybotrys theobromae Hansf. (1943)
  • Stachybotrys waitakere Whitton, McKenzie & K.D. Hyde (2001)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Haugland RA, Vesper SJ, Harmon SM (2001). "Phylogenetic relationships of Memnoniella and Stachybotrys species and evaluation of morphological features for Memnoniella species identification". Mycologia. Mycologia, Vol. 93, No. 1. 93 (1): 54&ndash, 65. doi:10.2307/3761605. JSTOR 3761605.
  2. ↑ Castlebury L, Rossman A, Sung G, Hyten A, Spatafora J (2004). "Multigene phylogeny reveals new lineage for Stachybotrys chartarum, the indoor air fungus". Mycol Res. 108 (Pt 8): 864–72. doi:10.1017/S0953756204000607. PMID 15449591.
  3. ↑ Seifert, K.A.; Kendrick, B.; Morgan-Jones, G.; Gams, W. (2011). The Genera of Hyphomycetes. CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, the Netherlands. pp. 1–997.
  4. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 659. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  5. ↑ Fog Nielsen K (2003). "Mycotoxin production by indoor molds". Fungal Genet Biol. 39 (2): 103–17. doi:10.1016/S1087-1845(03)00026-4. PMID 12781669.
  6. ↑ Andersen B, Nielsen KF, Thrane U, Szaro, T, Taylor, JW & Jarvis, BB (2003). "Molecular and phenotypic descriptions of Stachybotrys chlorohalonata sp. nov. And two chemotypes of stachybotrys chartarum found in water-damaged buildings" (PDF). Mycologia. The Mycological Society of America. 95 (6): 1227–1238. doi:10.1080/15572536.2004.11833031.
  7. ↑ Gao P, Martin J (Jun 2002). "Volatile metabolites produced by three strains of Stachybotrys chartarum cultivated on rice and gypsum board". Appl Occup Environ Hyg. 17 (6): 430–6.
  8. ↑ "Facts about Stachybotrys chartarum and Other Molds - How do you get the molds out of buildings, including homes, schools, and places of employment?". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. September 18, 2012. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
  9. ↑ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2001). "Availability of case definition for acute idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage in infants". MMWR. 50: 494–495.

Further reading

  • Black Mold: Your Health and Your Home (2003) ISBN 0-9743943-9-4
  • "Facts about Stachybotrys chartarum and Other Molds". Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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